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PREFACE 


This  book  is  respectfully  dedicated  to  the  people  of 
Fredricton.  The  subject  suggested  itself  to  me  oo  read- 
ing of  the  prososed  bridge  in  the  St.  John  papers  brought 
to  mc  by  my  son  while  imprisoned  in  the  Provincial 
Lunatic  Asylum.  i^ 


►^LUS  ADDRESSED  TO  THE  RIVER-?* 

ON  ITS  LATE  CLOSING, 


"What  aileth  thee  gentle  river 

Canst  thou  not  hudh  thy  throbWng's  in  this  December 

weather  ■■.  ^  ■  -..•...., 

As  tbou  hast  done  in  former  years,  where  hast  thou  found 

thy  gathered  tears? 
One  morning  I  arose  from  off  my  bed, 
And  lo  a  silver  sheet  was  o'er  thy  bosom  spread, 
And  gazing  on  thee,  to  myself  I  said, 
How  kind,  gentle  river,  thus  quietly  to  sleep, 
While  still  thy  murmuring  waters  underneath  their  vigile^ 

keep 
Thou  knowest  *tis  time  to  lay,  boat  oars  and  sails  away, 
That  children  should  no  longer,  in  thy  chilling  waters  play. 
Sleep  on;  sle«p  on,  till  April's  gentle  falling  raia 
Shall  wake  thee  into  life  again. 
Another  morn  I  wake,  and  yet  again  I  say. 
River  what  aileth  thee 

Why  hast  thou  thrust  thy  coverings  all  away, 
Art  thou  like  the  bewildered  bud»  and  flowers 
Who  dreaming  Springtime  had  returned  again 
Have  wasted  so  much  sweetness  on  the  Autumn  hoarsf, 
And  found  too  late,  alt  iiad  been  spent  in  vaiHi 
Or  has  some  visiting  anrel  whispered  thee« 


Of  desolated  homes,  of  burniug  cities  and  their  sad  rcsuhs, 

Of  delicate  women,  helpless  babes,  and  feeble  aged  men, 

Who  once  on  soft  luxurious  couch  reposed, 

Now  rest  their  aching  limbs  on  pallets  hard         ^ 

While  but  mean  shelter  covers  their  defenceless  heads 

Or  have  these  whisperings  been,  news  from  afar, 

Of  the  sad  tidings  from  the  eastern  war. 

How  Turkish  brigands  slaked  their  hated  thirst, 

And  on  Bulgarians  victims,  who  to  them  for  succor  fled, 

Commit  such  deeds  of  horror  as  my  pen  dare  not  portray  ; 

Or  did'st  thou  hear  the  cry  go  out,  from  Israelitish  homes, 

Where  Russian  soldiers  riot  and  destroy 

Where  youth  and  age  alike  arc  driven, 

As  frightened  deer,  chased  through  the  forest  wild, 

Hear'est  thou  the  groans  from  aching  hearts, 

Near  Danube*  shores,  and  Plevna's  guarded  walls, 

Where  lives,  by  thousands  numbered  are  laid  down 

To  pacify  the  insatiate  gods  of  war. 

No  wonder  that  thy  bosom  swells  and  dreams, 

And  rise  and  fall  with  gathered  tears  from  all  thy  little 

streams. 
Perhaps  thou'st  heard  of  desolations  wrought 
By  rivers  in  the  far  off  West,  and  thinkest, 
That  thou  wilt  not  be  outdone  ;  art  gathering  up  thy  forces 
Piling  down  a  stock  of  sure  destruction ;  art  thou  saying 
To  small  towns  and  lowly  valleys  near  thy  banks, 
More  terrible  am  I.  in  my  might  and  strength,  than  even 

the  fire  fiend 
Perhaps  thou  hast  heard,  how,  borne  in  Merchants  ships 
Across  the  Western  ocean,  tons  of  the  greatest  curse  on 

earth  to  man 


Have  come  to  fill  the  place  of  that  which  the  fire  fiend 

might  well  destro}* 
And  in  thy  wrath  has  said,  I  will  hoard  up  my  strength 
And  deep  piled  in,  when  Spring  shall  come, 
With  one  tremendous  crash,  shall  sweep  their  tons  away, 
Hush  gentle  river,  knowest  thou  not,  that  when 
The  fire  destroyed  the  cursed  stock,  the  children's  bread 

went  also. 
And  homes  and  hearths  in  one  huge  funerael  pyre  left  all 

so  desolate. 
E*re  yet  my  musings  cease,  cold  John  of  old 
Has  drawn  his  silver  sheet  across  thy  breast, 
And  his  north  winds  are  whispering,  come  forth  now 
Ringing  sleigh-bells,  gay  young  hearts  and  merry  laugh- 
ing voices. 
With  glittering  steel  and  nimbly  gliding  feet,  I  will   my- 
self insure 

Your  bridge,  and  road,  and  rink,  and  all  secure, 
So  good  night  sleeping  river,  and  good  bye  till  Spring- 
time comes  again 
And  then  may  all  the  hearts  of  thy  huge  crystal  cakes 
By  rays  of  noonday  sun  be  softened  quite  away, 
And  gently,  softly  glide  out  to  their  ocean  graves. 

Written,  Fredricton,  Dec,  10,  1877, 
Year  of  the  Fire. 


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N  the  year  1877  having  lost  my  home  by  fire,  I 
s|>eut  the  remainder  of  the  Snmmer  and  Autumn  in 
Fredrictou.  The  home  of  my  friends  wl;h  whom  I 
boarded  was  near  the  bank  of  the  river  *'St.  John,"  and 
my  attention  particularly  drawn  to  the  manner  in  which 
it  was  getting  settled  down  to  its  Winter  sleep.  In  the 
morning  it  would  be  covered  with  ice  formed  during  the 
night,  and  by  noon  swept  farther  down  by  the  rains  fall- 
ing at  its  head,  and  at  its  many  tributaries.  We  discuss 
the  subject  and  come  to  the  conclusion  that  by  all  Appear- 
ances and  from  the  experiences  of  former  years,  there 
wc.dd  be  a  grtat  ice  jam  in  the  Spring,  from  there  being 
such  a  body  of  water,  forming  so  much  ice,  and  stowing 
down  like  a  reserve  force  that  will  carry  all  before  it  in 
the  Spring,  if  the  rains  should  fall  and  raise  the  waler 
before  the  ice  should  be  weakened  by  the  sunshine  and 
warm  winds  of  Springtime.  (A  few  dry  winds  came  just 
in  time  to  save  the  city  that  season.)  The  water  ceased 
to  rise  and  the  ice  moved  gradually  away,  keeping  with- 
in the  river  bounds.  I  being  more  nervous  than  usual 
by  my  fire  escapade,  my  nights  were  made  more  sleepless 
while  thinking  of  the  river  and  as  Spring  approached  T 
dared  not  stay  so  near  its  banks. 

I  would  not  run  the  risk  of  being  washed  away  from 
a  refuge  to  which  I  had  been  so  lately  driven  by  the  fire. 
I  went  to  the  house  of  a  friend  five  miles  above  the  city. 
Its  elevated  position  enabled  us  to  soe  the  ice,  night  and 
day,  (the  moon  being  full) .  I  watched  it  anxiously  as 
it  crowded  and  jammed  itself  along.  It  lodged  just  be- 
low the  city  and  fears  for  its  safety  were  entertained  by 


many,  forgotten  now  I  suppofie  in  their  desiro  for  im- 
provement and  connecting  railways.  The  water  rose 
many  feet  above  its  usual  height  flowing  into  the  yard  of 
my  friend,  and  when  they  told  me  of  it  on  my  return. 
I  was  very  thankful  that  I  had  left  for  higher  ground, 
for  I  should  have  had  no  sleep  there.  Although  I  knew 
I  was  safe  on  the  hill,  I  left  my  bed  many  times  to  see  if 
the  ice  was  yet  standing  still,  often  fancying  I  could  see 
it  piling  up  over  the  banks  of  the  doomed  city,  for  whose 
safety  and  that  of  my  friends  there  I  felt  more  than  anx- 
ious. 

lee  and  water  is  I  am  sure  a  more  dangerous  foe 
than  fire,  more  rapid  in  its  movements,  more  difficult  to 
escape  from,  and  against  whose  losses  we  are  seldom  in- 
sured. The  proposed  Bridge  brings  so  forcibly  to  mind 
that  time  of  dread  and  anxiety  for  the  safety  of  Fredric- 
ton,  that  I  cannot  refrain  from  giving  expression  to  my 
thought  and  feelings  on  the  subject*.  If  the  people  of  Fred- 
rictoD  would  consider  this  matter  iu  a  natural  and  impar- 
tial manner,  they  would  not  for  the  sake  of  money  that 
would  necessarily  be  expended  at  that  time,  run  the  risk 
of  destroying  the  city  by  placing  a  bridge  where,  if  built 
with  sufficient  strength  to  resist  the  force  of  the  ice  in  or- 
dinary seasons  might  in  a  time  like  the  Spring  of  '78, 
hold  the  ice  and  assist  in  forming  a  dam  that  could  not 
fail  to  flood  the  city,  if  it  did  not  sweep  it  entirely  away. 
IIow  many  cities  and  towns  situated  on  low  lands  near 
river  banks  have  been  destroyed  by  an  element  so  much 
beyond  the  control  of  feeble  man.  Why  then  should  w« 
thus  lend  our  aid  to  so  powerful  an  enemy  as  the  water 
*  and  ice  would  be,  if  the  proposed  bridge  when  completed 


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should  hold  the  last  stone  required  to  make  perfect  the 
dam  that  should  aid  in  the  destruction  of  the  city. 

This  has  become  so  fast  an  age.  the  traveling  and 
commercial  world  can  scarcely  wait  for  ferryboats  and 
horses  with  which  to  exchange  cars  and  stations.  They 
must  needs  have  bridges  or  wings.  Time  to  them  is  so 
precious,  so  valuable.  Is  it  of  more  value  than  human 
lives.  Is  it  more  essential  to  the  prosperity  of  a  country 
that  railroads  should  be  linked  by  bridges  ttian  that  the 
safety  of  its  cities  should  be  cousidored.  Will  the  few 
hours  lost  by  such  hindrances  be  missed  at  the  end  of 
lif'es  journey,  I  think  not.  Could  not  the  traveling  pub- 
lic be  expedited  in  a  less  dangerous,  less  expensive  man- 
ner. Would  it  not  be  better  to  expend  one  half  the  sum 
which  would  be  required  to  build  a  bridge  in  adding  boats 
and  landings  near  the  stations. 

The  exchanges  would  give  added  employment  and  so 
increase  the  population  by  drawing  to  us  workers  from 
other  countries  instead  of  allowing  one  to  go  west  tor 
lack  of  employment  here, 

The  Bridge  that  will  expedite  travel  and  benefit  few 
while  under  course  of  erection  will  carry  the  business 
more  swiftly  past  the  city  and  leave  it  quiet  and  lifeless 
as  before.  Will  it  be  better  to  draw  so  heavily  on  our 
government  funds  tor  the  sake  of  a  year  ot  prosperity, 
that  will  subside  into  added  taxation  and  debt,  when  we 
may  with  much  less  expense  secure  quite  sufficient  by 
ferryboats  leaving  landings  at  short  intervals. 

Let  us  do  all  in  our  power  to  iucrease  the  prosperity 
of  our  cities  that  they  may  continue  growing  and  with  a 
new  impetus  equal  to  those  of  the  far  west,  which  have 


been  built  up  by  a  sacrifice  to  our  Province,  as  they  have 
attracted  from  us  so  many  of  our  most  enterprising  youn<r 
men. 

Lack  of  public  spirit  and  a  proper  protective  poh'cy 
that  would  encourage  the  establishment  of  various  man- 
ufactories, has  left  us  behind  our  Sister  Provinces.  This 
has  in  a  measure  been  overcome  by  the  *•  National  Policy" 
of  our  honoured  Minister  of  Finance  which  must  eventu- 
ally become  one  of  the  bulwarks  of  the  Dominion. 

Let  us  always  strive  for  the  right.  Let  us  expend 
the  public  monies  in  such  a  manner  as  shall  do  the  most 
good  to  the  many. 

Let  it  not  be  in  any  sense  an  individual  matter,  but 
such  as  will  extend  to  our  children's  children,  and  shall 
add  to  our  wealth  and  strength  without  exposing  ourselves 
to  the  danger  of  being  swept  away  by  the  resistless  force 
and  mighty  power  of  the  ice  floating  down  in  Springtime, 
when  the  late  rains  of  Autumn  may  have  added  so  much 
to  its  usual  weight  and  quantity.  What  is  the  puny  arm 
of  man  when  trying  to  resist  the  power  of  God  in  the  el- 
ements. 'Tis  true  he  has  brought  to  his  aid  the  lightning 
from  the  sky  and  with  it  carries  words  and  sounds  across 
oceans  and  continents.  In  forming  the  Electric  light  he 
has  been  able  to  make  brilliant  the  darkest  night.  He  is 
daily  using  the  breath  of  Heaven  to  waft  his  ships  across 
the  seas. 

He  forms  channels  through  which  to  convey  water 
and  make  it  subservient  to  his  [mrpose,  from  water  he 
produces  steam  to  move  the  mighty  engine,  the  greatest 
work  of  the  present  day,  and  yet  by  those  elements  he  is 
often  and  in  various  ways,  swept  out  of  existence  in  au 


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iDstant,  and  they  who  come  after  him  are  benefited  by 
his  wisdom  or  impoverished  by  his  lack  of  judgement 
or  economy. 

I  hope  the  people  of  my  native  county  in  the  City  of 
Fredricton  may  never  have  cause  to  regret  that  they  have 
not  taken  heed  to  this  my  prophetic  warning  in  regard 
to  the  Fredricton  Bridge. 


V 


POEM. 


Why  am  I  thus  a  stranger, 

So  far  from  home ; 
My  life  is  yet  in  danger, 

Where're  I  roam. 

Why  am  I  thus  sought  after, 

'Tis  Dot  for  love  ; 
Oh  !  in  the  great  hereafter, 

I  will  freely  rove. 

Wliat  crime  have  X  committed-^ 

I  ask  of  you  ; 
That  I  am  not  permitted, 

Ky  work  to  do. 

My  life  is  made  complete  ; 

And  my  pen  now 
Shall  save  my  weary  feet, 

Though  age  is  on  my  brow. 

Yes,  that  has  provea  my  college, 

That  castle  on  the  hill ; 
In  it  I  gained  this  knowledge. 

To  do  my  master's  wilL 

My  graduating  lessons 

Have  cost  me  dear ; 
But  they  have  proved  rich  blessings 

I  will  not  fear. 


